The book is currently out of stock
More about the book
The narrative explores "The Great Migration," a significant movement in the early 20th century where over twenty-eight million individuals, both black and white, left the Deep South and Appalachia for northern industrial centers. Driven by the promise of higher wages and improved living conditions, this migration transformed the social and economic landscape of America, highlighting the aspirations and challenges faced by those seeking a better life.
Book purchase
On A Burning Deck, Tom Jones
- Language
- Released
- 2019
- product-detail.submit-box.info.binding
- (Hardcover with dust jacket)
We’ll notify you via email once we track it down.
Payment methods
- Title
- On A Burning Deck
- Subtitle
- An Oral History of the Great Migration
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Tom Jones
- Publisher
- Thomas W. Jones
- Released
- 2019
- Format
- Hardcover with dust jacket
- Pages
- 614
- ISBN13
- 9780578562704
- Category
- History, Maps and Travel, World history
- Description
- The narrative explores "The Great Migration," a significant movement in the early 20th century where over twenty-eight million individuals, both black and white, left the Deep South and Appalachia for northern industrial centers. Driven by the promise of higher wages and improved living conditions, this migration transformed the social and economic landscape of America, highlighting the aspirations and challenges faced by those seeking a better life.